Eurovision song contest is a farce !

Serbian singer Marija Serifovic has won the Eurovision Song Contest at a ceremony in Helsinki which saw the UK's entry coming joint second-last.

Serifovic's powerful ballad Molitva had been second-favourite with bookmakers in the run-up to the competition.

She scored 268 points, beating Ukrainian drag queen Verka Serdyuchka into second place. Russia third and Turkey came fourth.

British act Scooch managed only 29 points with their song Flying the Flag.


These Muppets from Ukraine came second !!

PLACING	Country	POINTS
1	Serbia	268
2	Ukraine	235
3	Russia	207
4	Turkey	163
5	Bulgaria	157
6	Belarus	145
7	Greece	139
8	Armenia	138
9	Hungary	128
10	Moldova	109
11	Bosnia & Herzegovina	106
12	Georgia	97
13	Romania	84
14	Macedonia	73
15	Slovenia	66
16	Latvia	54
17	Finland	53
18	Sweden	51
19	Germany	49
20	Spain	43
21	Lithuania	28
22	France	19
23	United Kingdom	19
24	Ireland	5